a camera sees

Marbles is eight, that is eight in dog years. He is a sweet animal. His guardian has had him a year, and named him after his way of walking. This Great Dane steps as if he was walking on marbles. Marbles has leg problems, he spent four years in a too small cage.

Scaffolding surrounds Cleveland's Silly Hall, Biden's improvement funds.

Say, who are the people in your neighborhood? The people that you meet each day. ~ Sesame Street

Actor at Akron Zoo, who will meet school children for an afternoon show.

The child and the Humboldt penguin, both find the other interesting at Akron Zoo.

red panda Akron

ram wizard, Akron Zoo

There is a General Motors stamping plant in Parma.

Cleveland has art

Yes, Cleveland has art. Sister Wendy Beckett came to Cleveland Museum of Art. It was founded by the money of late 19th century robber barons, several were partners of the world's richest man at the time. Cleveland became the 6th (or very briefly 5th?) city in population. Chicago, the capital of the Middle West, was the second city, and still uses that, even now that it has fell to third. Cleveland has declined far greater in rank. But that original monetary nucleus still exists. When European immigration was high, and the population of foreign born was high, many of them paid and built fine architectural churches, which employed workmen, and artists. Some of that endures. Also, in recent years public murals have spread around the nation. Replacing graffiti, and encouraging morale. Cleveland is still a center of population with ability.

On a Monday morning, a warm autumn day, people worked comfortably outside. St. Theodosius is absolutely a monument. Earlier this year, roofers almost burned it down. The main (Jesus) dome was destroyed. Firemen saved the church, but the fire and the quenching water did much damage. Now it is a time to mend and repair. These fellows waved hi, and high above a hand is an aeroplane. 

Earlier that morning, spoke to Greg who had spent two weeks on painting, with two weeks to go. He went to Ohio University, and paints around the country. This building is across St. Mary Cemetery on Clark. A bridge that crosses the river from the west, to the east side has four sandstone pylons, each with two Guardians of Traffic. Recently, the baseball team was renamed as the Guardians. 

Almost a year ago, this long awaited statue arrived from Viet Nam. [click] It is a very white marble, smoothly carved, that takes the sun very well.

On West 106th, stopped to look at this mural, on September 25th. Across the street, on the tree lawn, there was a large tree. Many Asian lantern flies were resting on the bark. Many were seen around the city in the days immediately before.

 

There are several "The Land" murals that have sporadically sprouted around Cleveburg. This one was painted by Garret Weider on Denison, and is at the exit (and entrance) to the Medina Freeway (I-71).

 

                                          Stanley Bleifeld. Lone Sailor #18. 2021. Cleveland. 
The first one came to Washington DC in 1987. The public relocation for this statue was long delayed. On October 12th there was a ceremony, and it was not well proclaimed, or covered. For sometime, the statue was on display inside the nearby science museum. It was waiting for the completion of a small naval memorial. Now, it is at end of the East Ninth Street Pier. I was wanting to have this in an earlier post [click].

Dates:  the statue is 1986, the bag is '87, came in '21, pedestal '24.

scary season

 

In Ohio City, a stretch of Clinton had a bunch of front yards/porches decorated. One house had an Australian, another had a Trinidadian flag, and there were sights for the spooky season. This was purchased, don't know where, it is the only one i've seen. Find it very child friendly, and cute — trick-or-treating dog with an aristocratic cape.

One house was packed full of characters, Mars Attacks.

a monster of a house in Lakewood

Governor Frankenstein (better than nearly all Ohio governors for more than two score years).

On Clinton, a few windows had black silhouettes. This crow was above a church entrance.

This fellow in Parma, creates a new scene each year. First found him in 2017, and enjoy each one. That first one i saw was an ATAT Walker from Star Wars. He had been doing this for some time before. He comes up with unique ideas, that i have not seen anyone do. This is from the horror movie franchise, Alien.

Misny has a sign now for most things.

One can play the part for All Hallows Eve, and still have a plea for the national good.

This house is divided, but the one could not go for Moreno.

2024 Miscellany #15

29 September was the Great Global Greyhound Walk. Cleveland Division was at Edgewater Beach, as it has been for a few years. Karma was happy to be with her fellow tribe. Here the lining up for a class foto began. I read that the, official count was 33:  29 greyhounds, 1 Italian greyhound, 1 galgo (Spanish greyhound), and 2 silken windhounds. They are all sight hounds.

There's a lot of road scraping on E.140th in Cleveland. Next to a railroad bridge, there is a longish sloping wall, above new sidewalk. It has a long new mural of idealised Collinwood children by Nate Frizzell.

Old Brooklyn of Cleveland has the Cleveland Zoo. One saloon has a giraffe on its sign. Along the main drag, a number of very thin, and high unicycles with a carrot on top. So, it is a theme. A little while on a Brick wall that faces Pearl, a giraffe riding  a bicycle carrying carrots was painted. [supra: close up]

A number of law firms advertise. This one has two dogs: Cosette on the left is the comfort officer, and Hot Dog is the security officer for the firm.

 

Lakewood Park's World's Children Peace Monument was well landscaped with autumn flowers on 7 October. The first one is in Berea Ohio created by David Jakupca, and i think i have seen them elsewhere too.

side street in West Park off Rocky River Drive

VD Chance, or whatever his name is to-day, made a crack about America being run by childless cat ladies. This one has a sense of humour, and is not voting for the misogynist weirdos.

Doggy costumers meet in Lakewood O.

Fred & Wilma have their pup, Dino, ready to be fotoed.

Hot dog, and taco costumes are popular to outfit the pups.  Generally, whole pumpkins are not investigated too long.

Bane begins a tiny puppuccino. Bane and his family dressed as bats.

Rusty in a Dune scene. They were a popular pair.

Poppy in the tank, Loki in green army clothes not pictured.

Resting in the shade.

suiting up

I thought Nacho was dressed as an ancient golfer, but no, he is a character from the film, Up.

Hallowe'en is dress up time, and scene creation, an opportunity to be fun and creative. When you involve your hounds it is pleasant. Some lawns have fun and timely seasonal displays. While witches, spooks, skeletons, cats, and pumpkins are traditional, some choose to go to ugly horror. This event does not have that worry.